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Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee today addressed the party workers at an extended core committee meeting of the party at Nazrul Mancha. At the meeting, she gave directions to the party to fight the BJP at the Centre, and also prepare for the upcoming Panchayat Polls.

Here’s what the Chairperson said:

Some parties claim they are the true representatives of Hinduism. Hindu religion is ancient, much before BJP was formed.

We believe in Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramhansa. Not the ideology of BJP.

Do not use loudspeakers during board exams. We must ensure peace for the sake of students.

Ram Navami rallies should be held in peaceful manner, without arms. Board exams will be going on at that time.

A core group of Subrata Bakshi, Partha Chatterjee, Abhishek Banerjee and Aroop Biswas must ensure old workers of Trinamool are not neglected.

Workers are our assets. Party is above all. There is no place for individualism.

Digital platforms are of significance today. We must motivate our younger generation to use social media seriously. BJP spends crores on digital propaganda. We must counter them effectively.

There was a time when tribals in Jangalmahal used to survive on insect eggs. Now 8 crore people receive rice at Rs 2/kg. This is a matter of pride.

We have to pay instalments worth Rs 48,000 crore for the debt incurred by the Left. We have not imposed any burden on people. Instead, we have waived off khajna tax on agricultural land.

We have increased pension of farmers. We give monthly stipend to nearly 2 lakh folk artistes. We have started a new pension scheme for the handicapped.

We have started a new scheme called ‘Ruposhree’. Poor families with income upto Rs 1.5 lakh receive Rs 25,000 for the wedding of their daughters (18 years and older).

They are talking of ‘Achhe Din’. But in reality, people are in great pain. Their savings are not safe in banks.

They won in Tripura by merely 0.3% and they are behaving as if they won the world. Had some people not betrayed us, we would have won in Tripura. They used money and muscle power to win. I feel there was an understanding between CPI(M) and Congress.

CPI(M), Congress and BJP will unite during Panchayat polls to defeat us.

We will never ally with BJP. There was a semblance of liberal thinking during Atal Ji’s time. The discourse has reached its lowest ebb now. Look at the kind of language they use. They only appear on TV to grab eyeballs.

TDP, an alliance partner of BJP, has resigned from Union Govt. TRS has decided to go its own way. Shiv Sena has also left the BJP. Even their allies do not trust them anymore.

This fight is not trivial. UP will fight its own way. Bihar will fight its own way. Odisha will fight its own way. Rajasthan will fight its own way. Bengal will fights its own way.

They have spent crores on their party office. Don’t they have any shame?

Majority of the bank frauds happened during demonetisation. Agencies are being used to intimidate opponents. We are not afraid of the fear tactics.

Chit funds were formed during CPI(M) rule. But our people were harassed.

After a history of riots they captured power in Delhi. And now they are clearing their names. Today they are in office. Tomorrow they may not have power. We believe in politics of culture and courtesy. Our courtesy is not our weakness.

We will give our lives, but we will never bow our heads.

You have to be strong. You have to be cool. You have to be straight-forward.